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Salem Five Bancorp to acquire Georgetown Bancorp for $26 per share in cash

Salem Five Bancorp, parent of Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, and Georgetown Bancorp, parent of Georgetown Bank, jointly announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Salem Five Bancorp has agreed to acquire Georgetown Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiary Georgetown Bank, in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $49.2M. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Georgetown Bancorp, Inc. will receive $26.00 in cash in exchange for each share of Georgetown Bancorp common stock. The consideration represents approximately 148% of Georgetown Bancorp tangible book value at June 30, 2016. At June 30, 2016, Salem Five Bancorp's consolidated assets were approximately $4.0B and Georgetown Bancorp, Inc. had assets of approximately $300M. Georgetown Bancorp and Salem Five Bancorp are both considered well-capitalized under applicable regulatory capital guidelines, and Salem Five expects to be well-capitalized under such standards upon completion of the transaction. After the completion of the merger, which is expected to close during the first quarter of 2017, the combined entity is expected to have approximately $4.3B in assets. The respective boards of each parent company have unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction is subject to receipt of state and federal regulatory approvals and approval by shareholders of Georgetown Bancorp.